Leisurely mountain village

“Yes, I’ve spoken to him. He’s basically our conduit to the higher-ups now. If I don’t want to go through the special supply route, the higher-ups will go through Jiang Liming’s shop, getting the goods from us and then reselling them to the higher-ups.” Ye Huan nodded.

"So I told him that if the price of vegetables in Yejiacun increases slightly, grain will be 3000, wine will be 10000, and tea will be 200 million, he will add a little to the price and send it up to higher levels."

Da Zhuang and the others nodded, then they wouldn't ask any more questions; it was good that there were arrangements.

"The price of Tibetan pigs in Zhushan Village has been adjusted to 30000 yuan per head this month after the Spirit Gathering Array was implemented. The pigsties and cattle pens at the old site of Xishan Village have been built and the workers are basically in place, so it is estimated that they will be moved before the Chinese New Year. Does Village Chief Liu mean that the relocation will be postponed until after the Chinese New Year?"

“Tell him not to worry about that. Don’t they still have two valleys for aquaculture in their village? Tell them to raise high-end products like we do, and move the rest to Xishan Village as soon as things improve,” Ye Huan said, waving his hand.

"it is good."

"The grapes in Beishan Village have started to be harvested. The winemaker that Grandma introduced has already started working. What's the price for these grapes?" Dazhuang asked again.

"Let's start with 100, and then break it down further based on the quality of the wines. We'll have the company write a detailed report," Ye Huan said.

"Okay, pharmaceutical factory, the production line has arrived and is being installed and tested. The military order has arrived. Manager Wen has reviewed it. The three production lines will operate 24 hours a day and will take more than a year to produce."

"No shift work needed, how's the security arrangement?" Ye Huan asked. Although they weren't worried about theft at all, they still had to put on a show.

"Manager Wen recruited a group of retired soldiers, currently totaling 100 people," Dazhuang said.

Ye Huan nodded. "Alright, remember to let me know when the liver disease drug comes out."

"Ok."

"Eat, eat." Ye Huan filled another bowl with rice and ate it in one go.

That night in their bedroom, Ye Huan hugged Mi Yun'er. "Why were you so angry today?" Mi Yun'er asked her husband.

Ye Huan explained the matter of the little glutinous rice ball.

“That’s really going too far. Our village kindergarten doesn’t have many holidays to begin with. If we schedule several hours of study every day after school, which child can handle it?” Mi Yun’er sided with her husband.

"I'm mainly angry that they said it's to raise Little Tangyuan well and then choose a better family for her. If my Ye Family Village has fallen to this state, then what's the point of us working hard? Wouldn't it be better to go back to the way things were before?" Ye Huan said.

"Look at Coco Jingjing, she's already getting the rank of second lieutenant. What good family do we need to find? We are the best ourselves. You bunch of short-sighted people, you're infuriating me."

Mi Yoon-ah nodded in agreement; what she was most satisfied with was the military rank and benefits the children received.

Meanwhile, the second aunt's family, who had returned home after dinner, were also having a family meeting. The old man, Ye Wuchen, was there, along with Ye Chun, Ye Ru, and Ye Shan and his wife.

Ye Daguang looked at his father and then said, "You all saw how angry Xiao Huan was today. I've always felt the same way. How old is Xiao Tangyuan? Look at the two of you, what's the matter?"

Ye Shan wanted to speak, but Ye Daguang glared at him. Seeing that her husband was silent, Huang Hui said, "We're doing this for Tangyuan's own good. If a girl has a good temperament and does well in her studies, she'll have a better chance of marrying into a good family. He's always trying to control everything, even how we raise our child."

"Nonsense!" Ye Wuchen roared, scaring everyone to death.

"Without Xiao Huan, you two would still be working in Dongguan, toiling away for a mere thousand or two thousand yuan a month. Would you be able to afford nice clothes? Would you be able to afford to eat well? Now that you're living a better life, right? You think you're all that again, right?"

"You're talking about educating your child? Do you even have the funds to hire a piano teacher for Little Tangyuan? She's a girl? What's wrong with girls? Have we neglected your sister, or have we sent her out to beg for food?"

Everyone nodded in agreement with the old man's words, and Huang Hui hurriedly said, "Grandpa, that's not what I meant. I meant..."

"I don't care what you mean, you should get rid of this idea as soon as possible. Don't think that Xiao Huan is lucky to be willing to take care of you. If Xiao Huan stops caring about you one day, you'd better pray for your own good fortune. Going back to Dongguan is up to you," Ye Wuchen said.

Ye Ru was the most qualified to speak on the matter. "Xiao Hui, I know you're doing this for Tang Yuan's own good, but look at me, and at all the families in the village with daughters. Do you really think Xiao Huan won't care?"

“Our village’s dividends are distributed according to household registration. In other words, the dividends go to Grandpa. The dividends that all of us below him receive are redistributed by Grandpa. Those daughters who haven’t received any money haven’t figured it out yet.”

“Even if Xiao Tangyuan lives a simple life in the future, with the current conditions in the village, how bad can it be for her? Look at Mantou’s twin sister, and look at Ye Linlin. You have to believe in Xiao Huan.”

Ye Shan looked at his wife, then at his grandfather, "It's not that we don't trust Huan Ge, but what's wrong with us letting Tang Yuan learn piano? We have money now, what's wrong with learning something refined?"

"The problem lies with Xiao Tangyuan herself. Is she willing to learn? Do you want to see your attitude and faces when you force Xiao Tangyuan to study every day? I don't even want to talk about you. You treat her like an enemy. No wonder Xiao Tangyuan dislikes you more and more," Ye Daguang said.

The group fell silent.

"Ring ring~~" Huang Hui's phone rang. She answered it, and after a minute, she hung up, her eyes red.

"The accountant said I'll be suspended from my post tomorrow. I'll have to wait for further notice about when I can return to work."

"Sigh, serves you right for your antics." Ye Wuchen got up and went back to his room to sleep.

Ye Daguang and his wife also shook their heads, telling Ye Chun to go back and wash the child and put him to bed. Ye Ru also went upstairs.

Ye Shan was completely stunned. Looking at his crying wife, he felt extremely distressed. "How about we go back to work? I'll go with you."

“Honey, I don’t hate them. I just feel like they don’t understand us. Little Tangyuan is our child. Would we hurt her? Aren’t we all doing this for her own good? Why are they all like this?” Huang Hui said.

“Your mistake was imposing your own will on the child. Think about it carefully, especially Xiaoshan. Remember your attitude when we made you learn martial arts?” After saying this, Ye Daguang and his wife went back into the house.

Ye Shan was stunned. He recalled how his father had made him learn martial arts from the uncles in the village. He had even gone on a hunger strike to protest and avoid the hardship of learning martial arts.

Even today, he has never regretted it.

But when he thinks back to that time, the feeling he had when he dared to go on a hunger strike was exactly the same as his daughter's.